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But for his retirement and the breaking of his magic wand , buried ' certain fathoms in the earth , ' these things might be accomplished without any keen pangs of regret . ' Everything is paid for ' as Napoleon said .
But for his retirement and the breaking of his magic wand , buried ' certain fathoms in the earth , ' these things might be accomplished without any keen pangs of regret . ' Everything is paid for ' as Napoleon said .
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Again we are apt to overlook the principle of compensation at work in human things . It is expressed in the homely proverb— God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb . ' Defect on one side is balanced by developement on another ...
Again we are apt to overlook the principle of compensation at work in human things . It is expressed in the homely proverb— God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb . ' Defect on one side is balanced by developement on another ...
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The wide survey necessary to view things in their true proportions and relations will suggest that knowledge which forgives- Tout savoir c'est tout pardonner . ' The worst of Shakespeare's villains have their better moments and their ...
The wide survey necessary to view things in their true proportions and relations will suggest that knowledge which forgives- Tout savoir c'est tout pardonner . ' The worst of Shakespeare's villains have their better moments and their ...
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